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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph - S. S. Casino, Early 19th century
This photograph was one of ten photographs donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village by Fred Trewartha. Frederick John Fox Trewartha (Fred) was a well-known Warrnambool businessman. He was born in Beeac near Geelong in 1920 and came to Warrnambool with his family as a very young child. He was apprenticed to his father John, as a saddler and later opened his own shop on Raglan Parade. He then moved into working with tarpaulins and canvases for the trucking industry. Fred was keenly interested in photography (and was a member of the Warrnambool Cine Club), yachting and boat building. He kept his yacht moored at Port Fairy for many years and participated in sailing events locally and interstate. He also built boats with his sons. He had the opportunity to meet many older sailors and it's thought this photo (and others in the set) may have been given to him by one of these men. Fred Trewartha died in 2016 in Warrnambool. The S.S. Casino was a passenger and freight steamer built in Dundee, Scotland, in 1882 for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steam Navigation Company of N.S.W. She weighed 425 tons gross with a length of 160.4 feet, beam of 24.1 feet and a depth of 10.2 feet. She had saloon accommodation for 35 people, a fore cabin for 25 more people, and she carried 300 tons of cargo. While on her delivery journey on May 30th 1882, the S.S. Casino called in at the Port of Warrnambool for coal, narrowly escaping going ashore in gale force winds due to the quick action of the pilot. At that time, still at anchor, she impressed the directors of the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company so much that they bought her immediately; she was ideal for trade along the West Coast of Victoria. (The Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company was first managed by Messers. Saltau and Osburne and after the passing of Mr. Osburne, by produce merchants Messers H. Sautau and Sons, who had a hay and corn store and shipping agency on the corner of Liebig and Koroit Streets in Warrnambool. ) The S.S. Casino became “the most famous steamer to operate in Victorian waters along the West Coast” by author Jack Loney. Captain Boyd was her first Master, followed by Captain Chapman, who stayed with her from 1890 until 1924. Captain W. Robertson followed for a short term, and then Captain Middleton then took command from 1925 - 1932. An article published on Monday 11th June 1932 in The Sun News Pictorial (Melbourne) giving a detailed history of S. S. Casino said "owned by Port Fairy interests, she was an integral part of the town's development ... for a long time, her arrival in Port Fairy was an event, the townspeople going down to the wharf to see her come in". It also said "Except when the weather was bad, the Casino hugged the coast on her trips and passengers obtained wonderful views of the sandstone terraces and caves. A little time ago every member of her regular crew except one, was a Scotsman." This particular photograph of the S.S. Casino shows it decorated with numerous flags in "holiday rigging". During the years between 1884 and 1915, the Casino would take locals and holiday makers on excursions around the Port Fairy Bay. Local towns such as Terang, Penshurst and Mortlake held their Picnic Days in Port Fairy and excursions on the Casino would be available for them and in 1906 Terang and District Schools held an excursion to Port Fairy (where the Casino was organised to provide a series of trips around the Bay.) In 1916 new regulations introduced by the Marine Board requiring the Casino to carry enough lifebelts for every passenger on board, prevented the steamer from making trips around the Bay on excursion days. The S.S. Casino had several mishaps during her life. One was on 3rd January 1898 when she collided with the S.S. Flinders in Apollo Bay with minor damage. Another was on 24th October 1924 when she grounded on a reef at Point Hawdon near Grey River and most of her cargo (of Christmas goods) had to be dumped into the sea. Then in February 1929 she was ‘holed’ when she struck a submerged object as she entered Lady Bay, Warrnambool. In the years following the turn of the century, the S.S. Casino remained the only regular trader with normal passenger accommodation along the West Coast. From 1882 she had made at least 2,500 voyages on the one run. On the morning of 10th July 1932, after attempting to berth at Apollo Bay jetty in heavy seas, Captain Middleton decided to take her out into the bay and wait until the seas abated. It was not realised that the anchor used to steady her as she manoeuvred to her berth had pierced her hull. She put about and headed for the beach but sank. Captain Middleton and nine others lost their lives; nine people were rescued including the two female passengers. Captain Middleton had been in charge of the S.S. Casino for seven years. He was the first ship’s Master to lose his life in a shipwreck in the West Coast trade. In June 1932, the directors of the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company had proposed to celebrate the completion of fifty years of trading by the steamer Casino in August, but tragically the Casino was wrecked only one month later (and "was only one month off completing its fifty years of valuable service between Melbourne and Portland.") Flagstaff Hill’s collection has a photograph of a portrait of Captain Chapman, a ship model of the S.S. Casino that shows both forms of power under which she sailed, steam and sail. The ship is painted green and flies three flags. The inscription across the case of the ship model, incorrectly dated, tells the sad story of the wreck of the ship and the loss of lives on July 10th 1932 at Apollo Bay. A print in the Collection shows S.S. Casino underway in the heavy sea off Point Lonsdale, another two photographs show her at the Port of Warrnambool, leaving from the Breakwater in Lady Bay and another identifies the S.S. Casino as a ship from the Belfast and Koroit Steam Navigation Company. (Belfast is the original name for the township of Port Fairy).This photograph is significant because of its association with the coastal trader S.S. Casino and its significance to trade along Victoria's West Coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The wreck of the S.S. Casino is considered an important part of Victorian and Australian cultural heritage and as such has been declared and protected as an Historic Shipwreck under State and Commonwealth Law in the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976).A black and white photograph showing a small steamer with decorative flags on both masts, coming into up a river towards a pier where a small crowd is waiting. The pier on the left of the photograph has several buildings and a bell on it. Three small boats are tied up to the dock. Low lying land with several buildings scattered on it can be seen on the right hand side. On the back of the photograph are handwritten labels. One is printed in dark blue ink and one is written in cursive writing in biro. There is also the number 6944 stamped in the centre of the photograph.Back - Donors name, address and telephone number 6944 "CASINO IN HOLIDAY RIG" "at Port Fairy"flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, s. s. casino, steamer casino, casino, port fairy, captain chapman, belfast and koroit steam navigation company, saltau and osburne, captain middleton, apollo bay, apollo bay shipwreck, lady bay -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Radio - Phone
Radio telephones were used to connect people living or working in isolation with other people.This radio phone was used by ambulance officers,working on the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme, to communicate with the doctor. The SECV had received an ambulance by April 1940. It had been modified for long and rough trips, departing from usual ambulance designs of the time. Ref. April 1940 SECV magazine. Mrs Beveridge (Skippy) lived and worked with her husband on the High Plains during winter. They had immediate contact with the outside world as they were connected by radio telephone with the Commission's (SECV) Bogong office. Hence, measurements taken of the snowfall and rainfall and observations from the experimental raceline are reported to head office of the Kiewa Hydro electric Scheme at Bogong. Ref. SEC magazine March - April 1948 page 25 and photo of the radio telephone in their home (different to this item) page 26. This radio phone is in a metal case with a separate steel lid attached with two large screws on either side. The front has a cream plastic face with open slits. It has a cover to protect the speaker behind it. There are 3 tuning knobs (volume, muting & channel) and a small red light. The phone cord is coiled and extends from the right hand side with a speaker attached. The speaker is for sending and receiving messages.'Radiophone / MTR 25 161 AG' 'STC' in a rectangle and 'Ser. No. 21480'.radio phone, transmission, 2 way radio, ambulance, communications, doctor, medical equipment -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Bottle, W D Pfeiffer, Chemist, 364 Graham Street, Port Melbourne, 1950s
Medium size clear glass bottle with black lid. Pasted on label with chemist logo and W D Pfeiffer, Ph.C., M.P.S., 364 Graham Street Port Melbourne. Telephone 64 2379Written on ink on label "Friar's Balsam" . On bottom of bottle imprinted RO.No.47,686 1661 23business and traders - chemists, w d pfeiffer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - SHOWBAGS COLLECTION: FRED J. CORRIGAN SHOWBAG
A paper bag. Plain white and blue diagonal stripes, in the middle a square with " Fred J. Corrigan, Chemist, 239 Mitchell street, Bendigo. Telephone: Bendigo 35126. The other side is plain white.business, retail, advertising, business advertising usually found at agricultural shows and other promotional activities. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Travis Jeffrey, 11/06/1960 12:00:00 AM
Negative of tram 849 at Batman Avenue terminus. Tram has destination Prahran and Route No 70. note advert on front of tram for Magree Knitwear and the kiosk on the right hand side and a telephone box.Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR31A" written in red ink, "M10" written in pencil, "21A" written in blue ink, and date stamped as 11 Jun 1960.trams, tramways, sw5 class, batman ave, swanston st, tram 849 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer, Flyer advertising auction sale of light industrial sites in Ringwood, Victoria - 1969
Single page advertisement for auction sale of 6 light industrial sites in Charter Street and Bond Street in Ringwood on Wednesday 22nd October (1969).Advertisement includes terms of sale and location map. Auctioneers in Conjunction - C.E. Carter & Son, 126 Whitehorse Road Ringwood, (Telephone) 870 6024, and Carolan & Co. Pty. Ltd., 243 Collins Street, Melbourne, (Telephone) 63 7373. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Jim Connor, Main Road, Eltham, 14 Jan 2017
Eltham Gateway, Telstra Telephone Exchange, 800 Main Road, Eltham at intersection of Pitt StreetTomorrow's history documented todayeltham, jim connor collection, main road, eltham gateway, pitt street, telephone exchange -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Camp 1 Hospital, 2001
Copy of original P.M.G. blue print made in Feb. 1943, showing location of telephone cables.camp 1 plan, hospital, telephone lines, garrison, administration, photography, photograph, slides, film -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Main Street Stawell -- Postcard
Pre Motor Vehicle Street Scape. Gas Light and Telephone pole in front of Post Office.B/W. Main Street. Post.Office. up people - 1 man crossing road in front of card, woman is riding a bicycle up the steet. A group o fmen in front of Post Office another on the Street.Ajax Series POSTCARD Address Only -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book - Directory, Telstra Corporation Limited, Yellow Pages: Living local North Eastern Region 2010, 2010
Yellow Pages is a listing of businesses and organisations and their telephone numbers and addresses within the north eastern region of Melbourne432 p black print on white and yellow paper, paperback, includes UBD Street maps and street indextelephone directories, north east melbourne -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening with Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelong 1965
Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening 1965. Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelongstawell communications -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening with Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelong 1965
Stawell Automatic Telephone Exchange Opening 1965. Officer in charge of works Mr John Hollingsworth of Geelongstawell communications -
Parks Victoria - Wilsons Promontory Lightstation
Radio telephone
This Phillips FM 880 radio telephone was used by lightkeepers between 1973 and 2005 for communication with the meteorological bureau. This relatively large device is in a white enamel metal cabinet and has a number of dials and switches and instructions. It has six chrome handles. There are 'decommissioned' labels on the face."Phillips FM 880 ..." -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Blotter Calendar 1924, 1924
As this blotter came with a collection of dockets etc from the Warrnambool Club it is assumed that it was a blotter used at the Club. It comes from the firm of B.H.Altson, a tobacconist, probably a supplier of goods to the Warrnambool Club. Henry Altson, a tobacconist, built an eight-storeyed building in 1903 at the corner of Elizabeth and Collins Streets in Melbourne (on the site of the first brick building in Melbourne). Altson’s tobacconist shop occupied the prime corner position for many years. The Warrnambool Club was a gentlemen’s club established in Warrnambool in 1873 and the Warrnambool Club building in Kepler Street erected in 1877 and the Club still exist. This blotter is of some interest as an example of the Melbourne firms patronized by the Warrnambool Club in 1924This is a piece of blotting paper advertising on one side the firm of B.H. Altson, Tobacconists, in Melbourne. It has a calendar for 1924. The printed material is black on a creamy-coloured surface. The blotting paper on the other side has been slightly used (blotted handwriting) There are also some handwritten figures scrawled across the advertisement, the meaning of which is not known.‘B.H. Altson Pty Ltd, Tobacconists, Altson’s Corner, Collins Street, Melbourne, Telephone 2076, With Compliments’.warrnambool club, b.h.altson,, tobacconist -
Seaworks Maritime Museum
Stamp Plate
Heavy metal stamp plate with Melbourne Harbour trust logoV/6 "Melbourne Harbor Trust commissioners/ 29 Market Street Melbourne 3000/ Telephone 620731" -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Stepping Stones, 1986
This book was compiled in 1983 by Chris Smyth, Isabel Baltvilks, Lorelle Roberts and Maurice Roberts for the Friends of Mallacoota as a guide to Victoria's eastern corner. Friends of Mallacoota is a group of volunteers, established in 1983, aiming to sustain the character of Mallacoota and its surrounds by protecting and caring for the natural environment. This book is a useful guide to Mallacoota's history and environment.A stapled, 40 pp, paperback book, titled "Stepping Stones A Guide to Mallacoota". The cover is green with a background drawing of a beach and river at Mallacoota. It is priced at $2.50. It contains descriptions, history, maps, black/white photographs and drawings.Stamped on inside cover - MAREEBA LODGE 59 MIRRABOOKA ROAD MALLACOOTA 3983 It has telephone details. mallacoota friends-of-mallacoota stepping-stones -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Railway Station circa 1910
Black and white photographs (2 copies- 1 Large, 1 postcard)Typed below photograph, "Ringwood Railway Station early in the century. Note the old telephone wires on the poles". -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - Booklet, New Zealand Patent Office Journal, 1916, 07/12/1916
Charcoal soft covered booklet with general notices, designs, andtrademarks. Patents include a portable washing machine, Kinematograph shutter, anti-splash valves, Railway collision preventing, telephone automatic coin slot patents, trademark -
Deaf Children Australia
Pocket-phone II - Portable Telephone-TTY, C-Phone Inc, 1980's?
Black box with QWERTY key pad, small 1 line screen with attachment for connection a phone headpiece which includes instructions and carrycase. Used so that telephone conversations can by held by hearing impaired Front: "PRINTACALL" Back labels: Metal: "TELECOM AUSTRALIA / Permit No. C82/18/108//PP2" Sticker: "MODEL: PP2 / SERIAL NO: 06830079 / PRINTACALL PTY LTD (02) 2648104 / P.O. BOX A623 Sydney South. 2000. N.S.W. Australia" Metal sticker: "SERIAL # AP830060089 MODEL# POCKET PHONE II / C-PHONE INC. / ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI" -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Postcard, Kodak, Hogan Street Tatura, 1930 approx
Photo taken from railway crossing looking east.Standard size black and white cardboard. Shows shops with verandas, fire station, bell tower, several cars, one horse and gig. Telephone poles on south side, electricity on right. Sealed roadway.Post card, correspondence. Address only.tatura, street scape, postcard, bootmaker -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Book, Universal Business Directories, Universal Business Directory for Bendigo, c 1950
Business Directories such as this were common right up until the widespread use of the internet and search engines such as Google to find information. Universal Business Directories were a company which sought advertisers from local areas to offset the cost of producing the directories. This directory includes a history of Bendigo, map and recipes as well as extensive listings for local business, trades and services. 50 page, three colour commercially printed business directory designed to by hung beside the telephone. Includes advertising and listings for a wide variety of local businesses. Includes a page of recipes and information for emergency services. city of bendigo, city of bendigo commerce -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: COOL MAN
Robert Herbert Meurer (1916-2009) was born in Bendigo, the son of Herbert and Mary MeurerBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2002. Cool, man: a plaque from the back of a kerosene fridge, noting the telephone number 19 would suggest a fairly early fridge. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Functional object - Key Ring, Yarra Trams, "TramTracker", late 2006, early 2007?
Key Ring - Plastic round base with a two piece metal ring system for use as a key ring, promoting Tram Tracker prior to it being available on the web - gives a telephone number and SMS number.trams, tramways, yarra trams, key ring, tramtracker -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Clothesline
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Private Jack Higgins combat batsman to his company commander Maj Jake O'Donnell A Comapny, 7 RAR hangs out his boss' washing on a telephone wire clotheslinephotograph, a coy, 7 rar, pte jack higgins, maj jake o'donnell, gibbons collection catalogue, the distinguished service order (dso), 235141, military cross, denis gibbons -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAMBRIDGE PRESS COLLECTION: NOTE - VERNOR RYMER
Note paper from Vernon Rymer, Barrister & Solicitor, 16 View Street, Bendigo. Plain paper with name, address and telephone number at the top of page. Paper has watermark - Charles Martin Extra Strong.business, printers, cambridge press, cambridge press collection, vernon rymer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BOOK - 1971 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
A copy of the 1971 Telephone Directory for Maryborough, Ehuca, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Charlton, Kerang Districts, Kyneton area. It feature some purple flowers on the front cover and it also has an ad for Peter's icecream at the back cover.book, rural -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Wimmera Flour Mill looking towards brick office building c1930
View of Wimmera Flour Mill Co showing brick office building. C1930B/W photograph of Stawell Flour Mill. To the right of photo is a single story brick building with a tiled roof. Two cars are parked out the front and a person at one car. Fence and telephone pole in the foreground.The Wimmera Flour Mill Compstawell industry -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper clipping, Double trouble; man nabbed by two police cars in 10 seconds, 19/06/2013
A delivery truck driver received separate fines for speeding and for using a mobile telephone within ten seconds in Lower Plenty.Small clipping, black & white printDiamond Valley Leader 19 June 2013traffic offences, lower plenty -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Scoop, c1950
Made by donor's father as a souvenir of the old Hawthorn Manual Telephone Exchange. Made from the cover off a relay cover.Aluminium scoop with a small loop has handle. Squarish design and curved edges.domestic items, utensils -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Flyer, Land Sale Advertisement, Olive Grove Estate, Ringwood, Vic. - 1926
Further development of 9 shop sites took place along Whitehorse Road (later street numbers 58 to 64 Whitehorse Road) between New Street and Olive Grove around 1950 - See Victorian Collections reference 5227.Single sided page with red and blue print advertising Olive Grove Estate business and residential allotments, including subdivision plan and summary of local services.Subdivision includes Whitehorse Road, New Street, and Olive Grove. Agent - F.V. Parker, Telephone 131, Ringwood.